Mastodon: Change "open source" to "free software" in footer

Created on 13 Jun 2018  路  4Comments  路  Source: tootsuite/mastodon

The term 'open source' is used in https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/blob/10f51c9886123982bc9f2a95fba39dd1f24b9a05/app/javascript/mastodon/locales/en.json#L118. Would be nice if the term free software was used instead.

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Proposal: use both!

picture akuckartz on 18 Jun 2018
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Proposal: use both!

akuckartz picture akuckartz on 18 Jun 2018
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@akuckartz Yeah describing it with the language "free and open source" (FOSS) is, from what I've seen, generally understood to mean that it's "Free Software" according to the FSF definition and also "open source" per the OSI definition. Since it's published under the AGPL this should be the preferred language.

BillyWM picture BillyWM on 18 Aug 2018

Why was this issue labelled as "invalid" ?

akuckartz picture akuckartz on 20 Oct 2018

Because I was triaging issues en masse and the title "open source vs free software distinction" made be believe this was a discussion about terminology. (Tip: Concise and descriptive titles are key)

Gargron picture Gargron on 20 Oct 2018
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